A/N:

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Btw. I lied. Things aren't explained. Sort of. Yeah. To the story.


Jack hesitated for a moment but then gladly shook the other boy's his hand. He reminded himself to thank the son of Hephaestus later. It was too much of a close call for him. He smiled lightly and his eyes gave a silent thank you. He hoped the lad got the message and not think that hes a smiling idiot.

Hiccup slightly shivered when their skin made contact. Is this guy sick or something? His hand is freezing! Jack saw his discomfort and shrugged. He pulled away his hand from the oily grip and shoved it in his hoodie. "Its my normal temp." He muttered.

Hiccup raised an eyebrow. "Uhm how did you -,"

"Ahem," Merida was really getting annoyed at this point. She crossed her arms, and her foot was tapping the ground. A bemused expression was on her face as if she was expecting for something. Her eyes was focused on Hiccup and on Hiccup alone. It went on for a few more seconds.

When she didn't say more, Hiccup shrugged. Here we go."Uhm.. Am I missing something here?" He shuffled slightly in his working boots. He tried to avoid her lioness gaze, plus he had no idea what is going through that fiery head of hers at the moment.

Her eyes widened, and she scoffed. "Ye really don't know anything?" Her mouth hung open. "The question , Haddock , what're ye missing?" A scowl was starting to form on her face.

His expression remained vacant.

He turned to Jack, who felt like he was watching an intense game of tennis, half hoping he could disappear and walk away. "Do you know..?" Hiccup asked, as he gestured to Merida.

"Not a slightest clue." He replied. He ruffled his silvery hair, "If you guys have to talk maybe I can leave-"

"Really Haddock ye don' kno' wha day is today?" She cut Jack off. She didn't really mean it but this was really getting on her nerves.

I can't believe it! Anger ,shock and disbelief boiled up inside her.

"Seriously Merida. Did something happen or anything really? I really have no idea what in the name of Zeus are you talking about!" He tried to say. He wracked his brain trying to remember. There really was something signifant that happened today but he just couldn't put his finger on it.

"Nope. I got nothing." He gave up. He had an apologetic look on his face, that she wanted to smack so hard at the moment.

She stomped her foot on the ground in frustration. Mah own bestfriend!? Of all the people to not remember mah special day!? She sighed and facepalmed herself. "That's it. I give up Haddock!" She threw her arms in the air to make a point then and slung her bow on her back. "I'll be in the archery range if ye get hit by lightning or ge' swallowed by a bear or somethin.." She stormed off muttering curses, switching between scott , greek, and occasionally english. The boys couldn't really tell, the accent was hard enough to get through.

"I honestly don't get her sometimes." Hiccup said to Jack although he was also kind of reassuring himself as well. He shrugs and turned to the newcomer. "So.." Jack looked as confused as he was.".. you still don't know who your godly parent is?"

He shook his head. Heck. He was still trying to process everything that happened the last hour!

A horn blew in the distance.

Jack slightly jumped when it peirced the morning silence. He can still hear it echoing slightly in his ears. "What the heck was that?" He regained his composure, despite the fact Hiccup was trying to stifle a laugh at his reaction.

Hiccup nodded to the pavillion and started to walk toward it. Jack stared at him, he was still rooted to the spot when he realized what the nod meant, and so jogged up behind to catch up with him.

He glanced at him,"Breakfast. You hungry?" Hiccup tried not to laugh when Jack's stomach made whale calls. Jack shot him a look which made the effort to control his laughter much more difficult.

He lightly elbowed him and rolled his eyes. Hiccup swated his hand away. "I'll take that as a yes."

They headed to the dining pavillion, joking around like two old friends.


"Lousy."

Swish! Bonk.

"Pathetic."

Swish! Bonk.

"Little excuse of a-"

Swish! Bonk.

"Bes'friend!"

Swish! Bonk!

She huffed and wiped the sweat off her brow. She placed her bow down and took a moment to admire her work.

Four targets. Four bullseyes. To her right, five training dummies have arrows peirced through their fake chests and some even, through their eye sockets. Her quiver was empty and her bow arm was slightly sore but she felt like it was all worth it.

She stretched her back and cracked her fingers one by one. She knew she missed breakfast for this but at the moment she didn't care. Going to breakfast would mean seeing Hiccup and judging by the looks of the archery range at the moment, things could have gotten,well, out of hand.

Hiccup has been her bestfriend for three years. They have been through quests, life or death situations and it was Merida that helped him get the respect he badly needed for himself. And to not remember the day that marked her existence? That sucked.

She shrugged. "This day jus' keeps on ge'tin better an' better.." She yanked one of the arrows from the fallen dummies and nocked it on her bow, aiming it at one of the targets with an arrow already at its center. She breathed in a slow rythmic pattern, inhaling with her nose and exhaling through her mouth. She squinted at her target and she felt her arm muscles tensing. The soft feathers tickled her cheek but she did not let that distract her.

She felt all the mix of emotions going through her mind and she tried to focus all of them at the arrow nocked on her bow. She gritted her teeth and let the arrow fly.

Swish!

Time seemed to slow down as the arrow peirced through the arrow already dead center in the board. It splintered in half, with not even the slightest sign of difficulty. But it did not stop there.

The arrow went clean through the target board, hitting the wooden post behind it with a thud. She smiled. Tha' felt good. She sighed. With all the emotions gone, all that's left is an empty feeling nside.

"Oh that's right its your birthday. Happy Birthday Merida," A female voice came from behind her.

Merida was startled by the sudden voice and because of her demigod instincts she grabbed another arrow and whipped her bow around to whatever made the noise in lightning speed. She realaxed when she saw a familiar face. "Oh its ye Mavis." She chuckled and put the bow down. "I didn' kno' ye were tha' sneaky for me."

Mavis smiled back. Today she was wearing her usual black turtle neck sweater (bright orange doesn't suit her taste), her red and black stripped leggings which complementing her worn out red sneakers. She leaned on one of the wooden poles and her blue grey eyes were absently gazing Merida as if she was debating wther or not to say something.

They weren't that close, basically because they didn't have that much in common. Mavis had a gothic personality, on the other hand Merida had a fiesty and restless one.

It intrigued her on what she was doing here without her other friends and why they had to be alone just to wish her a happy birthday. She is a daughter of Hecate, and Merida never really wanted to get involved much with the magical properties of their world ever since the bear incident.

There was an awkward silence between the two when the brunette finally spoke up. "A new camper arrived this morning. Right?"

She raised an eyebrow suspiciously. "Yeah..How did you know?"

Mavis shrugged. "One of my sisters got a little episode yesterday.." Merida leaned in closer.

"She predicted that strange stuff is happening with the magic revolving around Olympus , which by the way hasn't been fully understood yet and is still under investigation. Anywyas it will involve the camper who she said would arrive today at dawn." She paused and pursed her lips, "We had our doubts, but she was right. There was someone who arrived this morning."

Merida let it sink in. Jack? A threat? She dropped her gaze. "Why would ye want te tell me all o' this?"

She shrugged. "Its just a fair warning." She started to walk off, her black hair bouncing behind her. "It is your birthday after all."

She processed her words. Could she be really telling the truth? Should she believe it?

Mavis glanced back one more time. "Just remember Merida.."

Their eyes met.

".. stay away from jack Frost."


The day went by lazily after breakfast. Jack stuffed himself with anything he could lay his hands on and he enjoyed every bite of it. Lunch went the same way. He ate a lot for his small frame.

The two boys didn't see a hair from the fiery scott after the little incident and it was just fine for them. Hiccup wished he knew what was bothering her though, it killed him when he saw her upset.

Jack on the other hand was starting to love the smell of pine needles and strawberries. For the first time, after being on the run for three years he finally had a place to call home. But he didn't get his hopes to high, he learned that lesson the hard way.

They watched the sword practices and he got to learn some of the basics from Hiccup. He never held a real weapon, all he had for defense was an old wooden staff he found in an old abandoned farm. It wasn't special, just a plain wooden stick that was used to herd cattle. But despite that he carried that thing everywhere until a monster broke it into splinters. After that incident, he woke up at the borders of camp.

He didn't tell Hiccup though because all a while Hiccup, being the mechanical braniac he is, explained a bit more about the camp's history. Jack was listening intently to any hints that can help him uncover who he and his godly parent is.

At one point, when he was getting to the part of the Titan war, some Aphrodite girls started to approach the pair, and were giggling uncontrollably. Hiccup rolled his eyes, he was expecting this. He nudged Jack. "Here we go.." He muttered to him.

One girl, who wore skimpy clothes and a bit of make up on, stepped forward enthusiastically to Jack. "Hi!" Her sisters half-squeeled behind her.

Jack turned to Hiccup for some reassurance and slightly stumbled back but instead of advice he got a push even more forward. Hiccup was going to pay for that later. He blushed a bit when when he realized he was standing a bit too close than necessary in front of the girl. He cleared his throat. "Uhm.. Hey," he said nervously and cautiously took a step back.

The girls looked like they were going to have cardiac arrests. The girl who spoke up was blushing to a deep tomato red and her mouth hung open, though no sound came out.

Hiccup tried not to snicker or laugh. This was all quite an amusing sight for him.

One of the girls dragged her away and another one, a girl who wore much more fitting clothes and she had no makeup on, stepped in to take her place. "What she meant to say was…" She eyed the other girls and then smiled warmly at Jack. She flipped her short chocolate brown hair and cleared her throat,

"Welcome to Camp Half-Blood. If you need anything from hair gel to fashion advice feel free to approach Cabin 10. I'm Ana by the way," She held out her hand and Jack shook it. She didn't recoil to his icy touch but smiled even wider when their hands met. She pulled Jack closer and whispered to his ear. "Smile. They will love it."

Jack chuckled,"Thanks for the advice,"

She looked over to her half sisters and snickered. She let go of him to join them, "Come on girls.." She led them away. Some protested, some were still looking at Jack. But eventually, they started to walk away.

"What did you tell him?" One demanded,

"What did he say?" Another interrupted.

"Was he even cuter up close?" One squeeled in delight.

"Oh how I wish he wasn't our half brother!" A pair chorused.

Ana rolled her eyes. "Why don't you take one last look at him girls."

All at once, numerous pairs of eyes landed on him. Jack saw this as an oppurtunity and did one of his sly smirks. Half of the group swooned while the rest were trying their best to not freak out. Jack laughed and turned to Hiccup who had the same amused expression. He looked off to the valley and saw that it wont be long before sunset."I think that's enough for one day," He grabbed Hiccup's arm and they left before the fangirls could start mobbing him.


When the horn signaling dinner, blew, Merida sighed in relief. Boy am I starvin'! She didn't get as much as a nibble the entire day and her stomach was growling in anticipation. She stayed at the range the entire day thinking of a plan on what to do next, also half hoping Hiccup would come in with that goofy smile of his and wish her a happy birthday.

But he never did.

Now it was getting late and she knew she had to face him sooner or later. She just couldn't walk up to him and smack him hard on the shin despite the giant urge to do so. Also there was the slight issue on the newcomer, Jack Frost Sone birthday. She thought.

When she reached the dining pavillion she didn't expect him to be sitting on Chiron's table. Surely the boy had to be claimed by now, but he wasn't. Their eyes met but she quickly dropped her gaze. She put the thought aside and went to the Apollo table to take a seat. Her siblings welcomed her in delight.

"Hey Merida! Happy Birthday lil sis!" Brandon smiled and slapped her shoulder.

She rubbed it and smiled back. "Thanks bro,"

"Happy Birthday firehead," Katniss muttered sleepily.

"Yeah Happy B-Day!" the entire Apollo table chorused. Demigods from the other tables glanced her way and gave her greetings as well. At least some people remembered. She thought.

It was when her gaze landed on the Hephaestus table to see a not so surprising face. Hiccup's mouth was open yet no words came out of his mouth. His eyes were wide with shock and Merida gave him an accusing look and forced herself to look away. From the corner of her eye she could see him get up from his table and cautiously make his way to hers. Oh boy. Here we go. She prayed to the gods that she wouldn't kill him before he got a chance to speak.

Hiccup couldn't believe it. He forgot his own bestfriend's birthday and the worst part is that he missed out the entire day. He know understood why she was so mad at him, and thinking back, his replies were so pathetic and he knew why it made her even more upset. Oh gods how do I fix this.

Jack watched the two. He was there the entire time Merida had the tantrum and now it all made sense. He is sure Hiccup must feel pretty bad about the whole thing. Somehow he was glad he was in a good distance from them, things might become ugly.

The other campers felt the tension as well. Bit by bit, the usual chatter turned into small whispers. They watched Hiccup approach Merida as if she was a firecracker ready to explode.

She turned towards him, an unamused expression was on her face and she crossed her arms, waiting for him to say something.

He gulped. "Merida I-"

"You what Haddock?" She interrupted him as she stood up from her bench.

"I'm, I'm really sorry…" The gears in his head weren't turning the way he wanted them to go. He was messing this up pretty fast. He looked up to her and saw she had the predator look once again, and for the first time, he held his gaze. "I'm very very very sorry I didn't remember your special day. And I know how birthdays are important to you but-"

"But. What. Haddock." She said firmly.

He held his hands up in surrender. "Look." He shook his head. "I have no excuses. I forgot. Okay? I don't expect you to forgive me-"

"Who said anything about forgiveness?" Woah. She did not mean to say that. Deep inside she knew the whole thing was childish but at the moment she was just trying to focus on trying not to kill the boy.

He bit his lip. That hurt him but he had to make it up to her. So he sighed and continued, "But right now I just want to say I'm sorry. And.. Happy Birthday." Okay. He thought. Im screwed.

A bajilion (is that even a word?) thoughts went through Merida's mind. She chortled and approached him, she wanted to say something right now. She didn't care that the entire camp was watching the whole drama act between the two. "Ye kno' Haddock?" She paused for a little effect. "I-"

Someone cleared his throat.

"FOR THE LOVE OF MACINTOSH WHAT IS IT WITH THESE BLOODY INTERRUPTIONS!" She exclaimed and burried her face in her hands.

Hiccup placed a hand on her shoulder which made her flinch and swat it away "Don' touch me Haddock."

He shook his head and pointed to where everyone was looking.

That was when she noticed it. Shimmering blue light. "Wha'?" She glanced to where the bright light seemed to be coming from and she smiled when she did.

Jack was desperately trying not to panic. Every single pair of eyes was on him. Is my hair on fire? There was light coming from above his head. That much he knew. When he tried to look up, the light always blinded him before he could make out what was going on. But the campers seemed to think this was all normal, some even, had a smile on their face.

After a few minutes, the light died down and disappeared. He turned to Chiron, who had a bit of a twinkle in his eyes and a smile on his face which made him look younger in a way. He looked around for any answers to what the heck just happened but the camp was still in an eerie silence.

"Well that was bright." One of the Aphrodite girls said. It turned out it was Ana who did , and the other Aphrodite girls seemed to snap out of the silence and gossiped amongst themselves.

One table, a group of boys and girls with elfish features and crooked smiles were hi-fiving eachother and laughing in delight.

"Yes, very bright indeed," Chiron clasped Jack's back and smiled warmly at him.

Jack raised an eyebrow. "What just happened Chiron?" He ruffled his hair, still not getting anything the slightest bit.

Chiron just chuckled and shook his head. He took a step back and took a moment before saying,"Rise Jack Frost, Son of Hermes."


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